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Tattvärthasūtra
those with ascending-conduct (pravardhamana caritra). Ṛjumati undergoes downfall or deterioration as it is possessed by those with descending-conduct, owing to the rise of passions (kaṣāya).
If these are the differences between the two kinds of telepathy, what are the differences between telepathy and clairvoyance?
विशुद्धिक्षेत्रस्वामिविषयेभ्योऽवधिमन:पर्यययोः ॥ २५ ॥
[ अवधि मन:पर्यययोः ] अवधिज्ञान और मन:पर्ययज्ञान में [ विशुद्धि क्षेत्र स्वामि विषयेभ्यः ] विशुद्धता, क्षेत्र, स्वामी और विषय की अपेक्षा से विशेषता होती है।
Telepathy (manaḥparyayajñāna) and clairvoyance (avadhijñāna) differ with regard to purity (viśuddhi), space (kṣetra), possessor (svāmī) and subject matter (viṣaya).
Purity (viśuddhi) means clarity. Space (kṣetra) is the place where the objects known are present. Knower (svāmī) is the possessor. Object (viṣaya) is the object-of-knowledge (jñeya). With regard to purity (viśuddhi), telepathy is better than clairvoyance. How? It is because telepathy is able to know more subtle (sūkṣma) objects. Space (kṣetra) has already been dealt with. Subject matter (visaya) is dealt with later. Here possessor (svāmī) is discussed. Telepathy (manaḥparyayajñāna) arises in ascetics with high conduct, in apramattasamyata (seventh stage) to kṣinakaṣāya (twelfth stage). Even among these ascetics, it arises only in those with ascending-conduct (pravardhamāna căritra) and not in those with descending-conduct. And even among them, it
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